Posi­tion details

Appli­ca­tions close: Tues­day 2 Sep­tem­ber, 2025 11:55 PM AEST

Award/​Classification: Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­man­ian State Ser­vice) Award, Enrolled Nurse, Grade 2

Employ­ment type: Full Time

Region: North West

Loca­tion: Queen­stown Com­mu­ni­ty Hlth

• Rose­bery Com­mu­ni­ty Health Centre
• West Coast, Tasmania 

The Role:

As an Enrolled Nurse (EN) on the West Coast, your work will have a tan­gi­ble impact every day. This role offers the chance to con­tribute sig­nif­i­cant­ly to a close-knit com­mu­ni­ty while enjoy­ing the lifestyle that comes with liv­ing in a stun­ning, remote area. Our iso­la­tion fos­ters a cul­ture of inno­va­tion and deep human con­nec­tion, blend­ing time­less val­ues with a vision for the future. You will be sur­round­ed by breath­tak­ing land­scapes, from dra­mat­ic coast­lines to pris­tine Nation­al Parks. Whether your inter­ests lie in moun­tain bik­ing, hik­ing, or delv­ing into the area’s rich his­to­ry, the West Coast has some­thing excep­tion­al to offer.

You will sup­port the Clin­i­cal Nurse Con­sul­tant (CNC) and Reg­is­tered Nurse (RN) to deliv­er high qual­i­ty care in patients home and in clin­ic set­tings with informed clin­i­cal prac­tice stan­dards. Your excel­lent com­mu­ni­ca­tion and inter­per­son­al skills will be essen­tial in build­ing strong work­ing rela­tion­ships with staff and the com­mu­ni­ty. Your abil­i­ty to inspire, influ­ence, and deliv­er clear mes­sages will help ensure cohe­sive team­work and high stan­dards of care. Ide­al­ly, you will have rel­e­vant expe­ri­ence in com­mu­ni­ty Nurs­ing, wound care and Pri­ma­ry health

At the Rose­bery Com­mu­ni­ty Health Cen­tre, health­care pro­fes­sion­als from diverse back­grounds come togeth­er to serve the Town­ships and com­mu­ni­ties of the West Coast. We encour­age you to bring your true self, fol­low your pas­sions, and con­tribute your unique qual­i­ties to our team, where your work tru­ly mat­ters. We offer a wide range of ser­vices to sup­port to the West Coast with the West Coast Dis­trict Hos­pi­tal in the near­by town of Queen­stown which has as 24-hour Emer­gency response unit and inpa­tient ward. Patients can main­tain their inde­pen­dence and receive pri­ma­ry health treat­ment in home. 

The West Coast also has vis­it­ing ser­vices such as Radi­ol­o­gy, Dia­bet­ic Clin­ics, Phys­io­ther­a­py, and Podi­a­try. Our com­mu­ni­ty ser­vices also include Com­mu­ni­ty Nurs­ing, Home Help/​Personal Care, and Home Main­te­nance. Join us and make a mean­ing­ful impact on the health and well­be­ing of our community.

Please get in touch with Con­nor – our Act­ing Nurse Unit Man­ag­er for the West Coast if you’d like to know more about our roles, ser­vices, and what we can do for you at admin.​wcdh@​ths.​tas.​gov.​au or (03) 6495 1550.

Note: — Please refer to the State­ment of Duties for all the selec­tion cri­te­ria of this posi­tion to address in your application.

State­ment of Duties: 

• Gener­ic Enrolled Nurse — Com­mu­ni­ty G2 (May 2024) CSU.docx

Appli­ca­tion Guide: 

• Depart­ment of Health — Appli­cant Guide Sep 2024.docx

The Enrolled Nurse — Community:

• Works under the direc­tion and super­vi­sion of a Reg­is­tered Nurse/​Midwife with­in the Com­mu­ni­ty setting 
• Deliv­ers nurs­ing care as del­e­gat­ed by the Reg­is­tered Nurse, Clin­i­cal Nurse Con­sul­tant and Nurse Unit Manager 
• Col­lab­o­rates with mem­bers of the health­care team to achieve effec­tive health­care outcomes.
• Account­able for the stan­dard of nurs­ing care pro­vid­ed and acts to rec­ti­fy unsafe prac­tices and/​or unpro­fes­sion­al conduct.
• Prac­tices in accor­dance with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia approved nation­al com­pe­ten­cy stan­dards for Enrolled Nurs­es, leg­is­la­tion, edu­ca­tion, expe­ri­ence and organ­i­sa­tion­al policy.
• Where applic­a­ble, exer­cise del­e­ga­tions in accor­dance with a range of Acts, Reg­u­la­tions, Awards, admin­is­tra­tive author­i­ties and func­tion­al arrange­ments as man­dat­ed by Statu­to­ry office hold­ers includ­ing the Sec­re­tary and Head of State Ser­vice. The rel­e­vant Unit Man­ag­er can pro­vide details to the occu­pant of del­e­ga­tions applic­a­ble to this position. 
• Com­ply at all times with pol­i­cy and pro­to­col require­ments, includ­ing those relat­ing to manda­to­ry edu­ca­tion, train­ing and assessment.

Note: — Please refer to the State­ment of Duties for all the selec­tion cri­te­ria of this posi­tion to address in your application.

Why Tas­ma­nia:

The Depart­ment of Health Tas­ma­nia over­sees var­i­ous hos­pi­tals across the state, includ­ing the Roy­al Hobart Hos­pi­tal, Launce­s­ton Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, North­west Region­al Hos­pi­tal, and Mersey Com­mu­ni­ty Hos­pi­tal, as well as dis­trict hos­pi­tals and ambu­lance ser­vices. Addi­tion­al­ly, it pro­vides com­mu­ni­ty health, men­tal health, and pri­ma­ry health­care ser­vices to the Tas­man­ian com­mu­ni­ty through more than 300 sites.

Tas­ma­nia, Aus­trali­a’s only island state, offers unpar­al­leled nat­ur­al beau­ty and a lux­u­ri­ous lifestyle. Pur­su­ing your health career in Tasmania’s pub­lic health sys­tem means build­ing strong con­nec­tions with col­leagues and patients. It also means embrac­ing a lifestyle where you can enjoy extra­or­di­nary expe­ri­ences out­side of work while mak­ing a sig­nif­i­cant impact on the com­mu­ni­ty dur­ing work.

Details of appointment:

Per­ma­nent full time, day work­er not work­ing week­ends but work­ing pub­lic hol­i­days posi­tion, work­ing 76 hours per fort­night, com­menc­ing from a mutu­al­ly agreed upon date.

*notwith­stand­ing hours to be nego­ti­at­ed with the suc­cess­ful applicant.

Appli­cants should note that, for a peri­od of twelve months from the date of pub­li­ca­tion, this selec­tion process may be used to fill sub­se­quent or sim­i­lar full time, part time, and casu­al vacancies.

Salary: $70,980 to $78,179 per annum. Our Employ­er 12% super­an­nu­a­tion con­tri­bu­tion is on top of this amount.

• Salary range is in accor­dance with Nurs­es and Mid­wives (Tas­ma­nia State Ser­vice) Agree­ment 2023.

In addi­tion, the fol­low­ing allowances cal­cu­lat­ed on the salaried incre­men­tal point may be available:

• Post Grad­u­ate Allowance of up to 7.5% based on qual­i­fi­ca­tion type 

Salary Pack­ag­ing:

You’ll have access to salary pack­age a range of ben­e­fits includ­ing liv­ing expens­es up to $9,010 + $2,650 in meal enter­tain­ment each FBT year + oth­er ben­e­fits if eligible. 

Region­al Allowances

• Remote and Rur­al Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Allowance of $3,699 per annum and an addi­tion­al salary allowance of 10%

Ben­e­fits avail­able to eli­gi­ble candidates:

• Pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and accel­er­at­ed pathways.
• A range of leave enti­tle­ments, includ­ing study leave and Pro­fes­sion­al Devel­op­ment Support.
• Fit­ness Pass­port – You, and your fam­i­ly can access 40+ fit­ness facil­i­ties across Tas­ma­nia for just $13.95 per week per per­son, or $25.95 for a family.

More infor­ma­tion about our Employ­ee Ben­e­fits can be found here

Eli­gi­bil­i­ty:

Suc­cess­ful appli­cants will be required to meet the essen­tial criteria:

• Reg­is­tered with the Nurs­ing and Mid­wifery Board of Aus­tralia as an Enrolled Nurse
• Cur­rent Dri­ver’s Licence
• Work­ing with Chil­dren Reg­is­tra­tion (where applic­a­ble and as deter­mined by indi­vid­ual posi­tion requirements)

Note: — Please refer to the Appli­ca­tion Guide for more infor­ma­tion of pre-employ­ment check.

How to apply:

Apply Online. Please click the ​“Apply” but­ton at https://careers.pageuppeople.c… to ensure that impor­tant ques­tions about you are answered.

You will be prompt­ed to com­plete a 1 – 2 page appli­ca­tion detail­ing your expe­ri­ence, skills and knowl­edge as they relate to the attached State­ment of Duties. A sep­a­rate state­ment address­ing the selec­tion cri­te­ria in the State­ment of Duties is not required.

*appli­ca­tions from Recruit­ment Agen­cies will not be accept­ed for this role